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Re: Odd setup behaviors
- From: Robert Collins <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: derbyshire at globalserve dot net
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: 27 Jul 2002 11:05:07 +1000
- Subject: Re: Odd setup behaviors
- References: <3D41B7EC.23677.4C4C3D0D@localhost>
On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 10:58, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> On 27 Jul 2002 at 9:35, Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > > ...It seems to be. Started a download and got to a few % before I
> > > killed it.
> > > How come the binary distribution isn't there?
> >
> > Because the self-replacement logic hasn't been merged from my proff of
> > concept code into product. Self replacement should be done differently
> > from other file in-use replacement, because the program can do it
> > nicely. See for instance gnutella.
>
> So it is slated for a future release?
Yes - see the cygwin-apps archives for more information.
> ... allow mirroring's
> benefits to extend to the setup component itself.
setup.exe is already mirrored to all the mirror sites.
Rob
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